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This article is about an item used in Farming. For the weapon used by Bandos in the world event The Bird and the Beast, see Scarecrow (weapon).
Release date | 11 July 2005 (Update) |
Members | Yes |
Quest item | No |
Tradeable | No |
Equipable | No |
Stackable | No |
Value | 1 coin |
High alch | 1 coin |
Low alch | 0 coins |
Destroy | Drop |
Store price | Not sold |
Examine | This should scare the birds. |
Weight | 0 kg |
It is constructed by using an empty sack on a hay bale or a haystack to make a hay sack. A bronze spear is then used on the hay sack, and finally the spear with a watermelon.
With the scarecrow in the inventory, it is used on the flower patch to place it. Note that weeds will grow up around the scarecrow, which does not affect the scarecrow's ability to protect sweetcorn from disease. To remove, a spade is used on the flower patch, which returns the scarecrow to the inventory, alternatively use the right-click 'Clear' option.
Caution: Using the right-click 'Clear' option does not return the scarecrow to your inventory.
- Attempting to use a non-bronze spear on the sack gives the message, "Waste this spear on a scarecrow? I think not - maybe I should find a bronze spear instead."
- If you check the protection costs in the farming guide it used to say "Unsurprisingly, scarecrows don't need protection." Now it just shows what items are needed to create one.
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we took our two kids (aged 5 and 14) and we had a great time. the beach is fantastic, the pools are awesome and the food was great too. there are a few glitches but your experience depends on your expectations. we wanted our kids to have fun which they did. the kids club was awesome as were the activities for teens. we wanted sun and sand and not to have to cook or clean for a week and thats what we got. the room was very nice, the staff was somewhat grumpy at the front desk but the restaurant staffs were great, the grounds are spectacular. it was all around more than we expected. we would definitely go again. there is alot of walking involved just from the sheer size of the place but the surroundings are so nice - who cares. definitely lived up to a 5 star expectation for us and we have travelled to jamaica and dominincan before. have fun and plan to get a great tan!
Beautiful and Relaxing Atmosphere
Was at the Grand Sunset from December 15th - 22nd and stayed in room 7210 which was a perfect location centered facing the pool and dead center of the resort. The room was fantastic. I just loved the huge jacuzzi tub and the beautiful room. The beach was wonderful as were the drinks and food. Chairs and towels were plentiful as there were only about 500 guests in the resort during our week. The staff were all 100% friendly and really seemed to want to please. If you take a taxi into playa del carmen, you should be able to pay $10 per way, anymore than this you are being ripped off. The resort is huge so you will get your exercise walking. If you have any other particular questions, please feel free to ask. We met so many people. Most were from Canada at the time. I would like to go back again in about a year and compare it again. I never went to any shows but people that had seemed to enjoy it. I love all the nice little private sitting areas around the resort. I would recommend that you bring mosquito spray as there are plenty of mosquitos around, I think this is due to all the standing water in the lagoons. They are so small that you don't even see them. The liquor was all top of the line at no extra charge. I enjoyed a couple of Grand Marniers everynight before dinner. There was an instance twice in the Sunset Lobby bar where they tried to give me something clear and pass it off as Grand Marnier. When they realized that I knew the difference it never happened again. The jewelry store at the resort was great. The prices are reasonable and you don't have to go through that bartering process. Some things were actually a lot cheaper their than in town.
Lucky Pioneers!
My wife and I arrived Day 2. Only 20 people in the gigantic and beautiful facility. And treated like King and Queen. Our only problem was no AC which finally was fixed after 2 days. They also did not blow out (what water lines worked) which accounts for the yellow/brown water and stains. We had the pool access Jr. Suite which we both thought worth the little extra $. Very nice to walk out the door and into the huge pool.
The staff is super, the resturants for the most part excellent, and the rooms spacious and lovely. Even the buffets are quite good, as opposed to what I've read about other Resorts. I saw the Villas and I would not personally spend the extra for a weird round room. And why spend extra for in-room liquor that you can get in any of 8 or so bars?
Hopefully the Resort will sort out room readiness, gettting what is advertised, etc., and staff pay difficulties-soon! The Resort has lots of potential
We would stay again if and when these things are ironed out
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Bon, ben tous le monde, sachez que le Grand Sunset Princess et le Riviera Princes sont la m�me endroit sauf que c'est des grossistes diff�rent qui le vende. Pour ceux qui critique ces Hotels ils viennent d'ouvrir le 10 d�cembre dernier. Alors c'est sur qu' il ne sont pas roder. Mais j'ai mon fr�re qui est parti hier le 20 dec 07 et il vas me donner des nouvelles. Moi je crois que si les gens savent � quoi s'attendre avec un nouvelle Hotel et bien les critiques devrais �tres correct.
Hell in Paradise
I booked this hotel thru BookIt.com. I thought the Hotel as advertised sounded like a good deal so i book a platinum suite.
Upon my arrival i saw a beautiful hotel. the lobbby was beautiful, However i was informed that i wouldnt be checking into this lobby since I was a platinum guest to which i thought wow, I must be getting something special. I was told that i had to walk 15 minutes down to the platinum lobby, No transportation, no map. After i found the lobby it took two hours to check in, not because there was anybody else there but because the rooms were not ready and they could not make keys there. They had to send someone walking back to the main lobby to make keys.
When i finally got to my room. The room was filthy! Jacuzzi on the balcony was dirty and full of bugs, When i ran the water is came out yellow so i could use the jacuzzi. Just stepping out onto the balcony was an adventure. They built the beachfront rooms in front of a dirty lagoon which attracted a bunch of bugs. Well, back in the room. The toilets did not work. No airconditioning. No liquor in the minibar. No flatscreen TV as advertsied, just a regular 21inch tv with only 9 channels. No DVD player. I was told by the front desk that all items would be fixed. I waited three hours when a maintenance person arrived. He tried unsuccessfully to fix the airconditioning, he was able to fix the toilet. I was assured by the front desk that it would be fixed by the next morning and that assigning me a new room would do no good because all the rooms had problems with the AC. I finally gave up complaining. I tried to order room service but they had no menus and the consierge could not tell me what was available to be ordered. I went into town which was great. When i returned it started to rain so i expected some sort of transportation down to the platinum suites but to no avail. I had to walk with my beautiful woman fifteen minutes down to the room. The next morning more of the same. No AC, Toilet stopped working. I spoke with a bunch of people who were upset and also trying to find a way out of there. Even employees were complaining that they had not been paid and were fed up with the facilities not working. I finally decided i couldnt deal with a whole 5 days there so i abandoned the Hotel and went somewhere else. I think maybe in a year they can work out all the kinks and the hotel may be ok to go to.
Some positives:
Nice pool areas
Food at restaurants was good.
Grand Sunset-Great Holiday!!!!!
I went down to the Grand Sunset Princess Dec 13-17, as I am sure everyone else who has booked this hotel after reading reviews was very skeptical. Arriving at the hotel I was impressed, the lobby was very large and spacious, the design was beautiful! The pools on this property are fantastic and easily accessed from anywhere. Although not much of a beach person I ventured down there anyways to check it out, it was clean (as that is always a plus!!) and seemed quite private. One thing I must share with fellow travellers about this resort is the food-the buffet had a good selection and the a la cartes were definitely one of the highlights (excellent food I was impressed). I agree with others when they say that there were a few things that still needed to be worked out on the property but the staff was so helpful that these operational problems did not get in the way of my vacation. I went to Grand Sunset Princess to relax, get a tan and have a few drinks and that is exactly what I did.
The Truth about Grand Sunset / Riviera Princess
I have already reply to a few post about this hotel. so I will try to give more info and be as neutral about it.
1st of all, if you do decide to go, do not waste you money on the platium suite, junior with swim up, or the Villa. it's not worth it. You get the same just as Standard Junior Suite.
If you have already read the comments from Lazygal, which I personally meet with on my stay at the resort. All the comments are truth. The Non-Reception staff are extremely friendly and try to be helpful even they don't speak English. The Check in/out process was a joke. I was there from the 11th to the 15th, just as Lazygal mentioned, the first 2, 3 days was actually very nice because the fact that there were only about 20 (polite and quiet) guests out of a 400+ room capacity resort. starting Friday morning, I would say it increase to about 80 guests ( some are irresponsible). I won't recommend this resort if it does fill up. 400+ rooms and 2/room. there would be 800 ppls...it will feel extremely crowded. By the way, I got rashes from the in room jacuzzi. The water was yellow.. it seems like the pipe was rusted.
When I left on Saturday, they just got Wifi internet setup (only by the main reception hall) no in room internet.
1st day - Platium suite, no hot water, no TV, refrig empty, bathroom fill with construction dust. No water sports, or to do things except the pool and beach
2nd - still no hot water. no tv. Construction worker everywhere staring at you and working (rushing to finish) while I am trying to have a vacation.
3rd day - finally hot water. but still no tv. no water sports. No platiumn suite amenties. just 1 shuttle to Playa del carmen which by the way, doesn't indicate the resort name. The shuttle is call expresso, which is a third party van. No room service info such as hotel number, maps. Finally they got bicycles. Thanks for lazygal to letting me know. :)
4th day, try to get resort to help book transportation to airport, but the answer is that i have to do it on my own and yet I dont have internet or any other info to do so. and when I complain about it, the reply was "Since I am paying discounted prices, it is what it is" !!!!!!
Still No water sports motorized or non motorized. I end up going to other resort area to pay for kayaking and stuff which .
5th day,
Check out was a mess. Since the resort is so new, Most taxi or car service won't know how to get there.
Here are other detail aside from the resort itself.
Shuttle to playa del carmen town - hotel shuttle 10am, 6pm
return from town 1pm, 9 pm
taxi to playa del carmen $35 - 45 USD( need to negotiate with cabby)
taxi to airport $50
most tour such as XelHa or tulum is about $120 USD, but no hotel pick up. pick up only from Playa del carmen town and since the tour bus leaves around 9am, you have to get a taxi to town cannot take the free shuttle. So it's extra $40 each way.
Ok..The good side. The Pools are very good. Beach is private, no public access. Friendly staff. loads of alcohol if you are drunkies. Yes, they do have Kids club, it's basically a outdoor playground with swings and stuff and a small kids pool. The resturants buffet and non buffet are good except the Japanese resturants. it's total crap. The French Restuarant is the best. The lunch menu of "La Totuga" is excellent, however, you need to be platium suite or above to enjoy it. other wise, you get buffet only.
I hope to be able to answer more question.
I don't want to sound like I am bashing the resort, but they are just not ready yet. However, the resort is beautiful.
This is a very family style resort. Not recommend for Honeymoon, couples, or just to have a quiet relaxing vacation.
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Jonas Suyderhoef was an eminent seventeenth century Dutch engraver. Considering his renown, it is surprising how little is known about his life. Spending the entirety of his career in Haarlem, he produced 138 engravings. The earliest is dated 1641 while the last is marked 1669. It is assumed that he studied and apprenticed under painter and engraver Pieter Soutman, as the two artists collaborated often. While most of Suyderhoef's oeuvre consists of portraits based on the Dutch masters, Rubens, Hals, Van Dyke, and others, he also produced some mythological scenes. He utilized a refined and delicate engraving technique, which allowed him to achieve varied gradations of half-tones in his work. In 1677, he entered the Haarlem Guild and served as the organization's dean in 1678.
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The 27th Annual Odessa Antique Show
August 8th and 9th 2015
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The Odessa Antique Show and Sale, the largest outdoor antique show in eastern Ontario. At this popular annual event, dealers from Ontario, Quebec and the Maritimes display a wide variety of antique and collectible treasures.
Collectors can count on discovering anything from furniture to household items, tools, textiles, paintings, folk art, jewellery and glass and china. Whether you're hoping to decorate your home with heritage objects or retro pieces or add to a long-held collection, the Odessa Antique Show will no doubt yield many fascinating finds. The prices suit every budget, ranging from a few dollars to a few thousand dollars.
The dealers arrive and begin unpacking their wares on Saturday afternoon at 2 p.m. Keen visitors can pay the $20 early-bird admission, which includes re-entry on Sunday; checking in early allows you to peruse the stalls, examine the items up close and be the first to buy.
Admission on Sunday from 8 a.m. onwards costs $8. With free parking and an abundance of delectable homemade food, the Odessa Antique Show is an excellent deal and a great event for a summer afternoon, not only for antique lovers but for anyone interested in eye-catching memorabilia.
No reproductions are allowed. This is an antique & collectibles show.
More than 100 vendors from across Ontario, Quebec, and even Atlantic Canada, are expected at the event, which organizers describe as the largest antique show in Eastern Ontario. The event has survived for nearly a quarter of a century because it caters to both kinds of antique collectors.
"You have a certain type of collector that is interested in purchasing items to decorate their house; they're not so interested in the investment value," Dobson said , said Bill Dobson, who was the owner of the show until he handed it over to Karen Leacock-Brown in 2011. "The other area is people who want to purchase things as a fairly good investment for value in the future.
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His valor passed beyond the Andes. He fought against mountains and armies. Audacity was a habit with his sword. On the plain of Junín he put a lucky end to the fight and gave Spanish blood to Peruvian lances. He wrote his roll of deeds in prose inflexible as battlesinging trumpets. He chose an honorable exile. Now he is a handful of dust and glory. --Jorge Luis Borges, 1923
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EFFECTIVE JAN 1, 2007 - ACT NO. 2006-316 - Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act REGARDING LANDLORD/TENANT RELATIONS EVICTIONS
Alabama Uniform Residential Landlord Tenant Act Procedures and Guidelines for Filing Unlawful Detainer Actions in the District Court
Unlawful Detainer Actions are the remedy for eviction in a landlord tenant relationship----Title 6, Code of Alabama . Effective Date: January 1, 2007. Some existing lease provisions remain until lease renews in 2007.
Individuals representing themselves or an attorney licensed to practice law in the State of Alabama.
District Court and Circuit Court have concurrent jurisdiction. Actions seeking injunctive relief must be filed in the Circuit Court . Injunctive relief is defined as seeking to obtain an order to either command or prohibit an action. Rules of Civil Procedure govern.
The landlord must give a written seven calendar day notice if the reason for the eviction is for failure to pay rent, or a written fourteen calendar day notice if the reason for the eviction is for anything else. The purpose of the notice is to terminate tenancy rights. Notice must provide for right to pay any delinquent rents or correct any lease prohibitions also known as the right to cure.
Form No. C-59. The Landlord/Plaintiff may sue for possession of property and for money damages in the same action.
Click here for a list of filing fees.
Please include a copy of the "Notice to Tenant" when filing an original action.
Counterclaims are allowed by the defendant/tenant, and there is no filing fee for this action in District Court.
To download Unlawful Detainer Form (form C-59) CLICK HERE
(Please make sure you make copies of this form after you have completed it. The court will need an original and two copies per defendant. If copies are not made when you come in to file your claim, there will be a charge of $.50 per page to make them for you. Please type or print when completing the form)
Personal service must be attempted for a complaint for possession. If unable to make personal service, the complaint may be served by posting a copy on the premises. If posted on the premises, the Sheriff/process server must also mail a copy of complaint to defendant by first class mail. Tile 6-6-332, Code of Alabama.
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If the case is filed in the District Court, any appeal would go to the Circuit Court. Appealed cases must be set in the Circuit Court within 60 days. (If the case is filed in the Circuit Court, the appeal would go to the Court of Civil Appeals.) The time for filing an appeal is seven calendar days from the final order or from the ruling on a post-trial motion. A post-trial motion filed before a Notice of Appeal is filed would greatly extend the time for filing a Notice of Appeal.
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In order for property to be returned to the landlord, the landlord must file a request for a Writ of Restitution or Possession (Form C-59A). A Writ of Restitution or Possession cannot be requested until after the time for the filing of a post-judgment motion and the appeal time has expired, which is seven days from the date of the judgment in the District Court.
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What the polls are saying about Obama
First some recent polling data:
– 68% think the money the federal government has spent on the economic stimulus has been mostly "mostly wasted." (ABC News/Washington Post Poll. Sept. 30-Oct. 3.)
– 61% "don' t think" Barack Obama's policies have made the economy better. (CNN/Opinion Research Corporation Poll. Sept. 21-23.)
– 78% trust government only "some of the time or never." [Same as in 1994 and 20 points higher than when Reagan was election in 1980. The 11% saying "never" is an record high.] (New York Times-CBS Oct. 21-26.)
– Between 55% to 36%, respondents says they would rather have smaller government providing fewer services than the opposite. (New York Times-CBS Oct. 21-26.)
– 21% percent say cutting government spending is the most important issue to them. 66% say it is important but so are other issues. (New York Times-CBS Oct. 21-26.)
– A recent CBS poll had "economy/jobs" as the top priority of 54% of voters. No other issue had a double digit percentage vote. "Federal deficit, spending" had 27%.
– A variety of polls show TARP and the automaker bailout to still be wildly unpopular by 2-to-1 or worse.
–77% favor extending the Bush tax cuts for those making less than $250,000 a year, while 15% oppose extending them. (Schoen)
– Half favor extending the Bush tax cuts for all Americans, including those making $250,000 or more a year, while 40% oppose this. (Schoen)
– 52% favor repealing the new health care law that was passed earlier this year, while 38% oppose repealing it. (Schoen) A Pew Poll puts that number at 51-41.
And now a few observations:
1.  Americans don't blame Obama for the economy, but blame him for not fixing it — which is what he was hired to do. Mission Not Accomplished.
2. The Obama agenda is unpopular, Â and Americans see it as a distraction from dealing with unemployment.
3. Â Americans are worried about spending and deficits, but have not made the mental leap to restricting entitlements.
4. Americans may not think government is necessarily the problem, but they are pretty sure  it's not the solution.
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what kind of country gives a man 8 years to run everything into the pooper – and another man 2 years to flush it all down!? where was the teaparty when bush was eating up the surplus clinton left him? this country truly borders on the ridiculous – it's like the fall of the roman empire to me. a bunch of morons trying to stop a good man from doing everything he can to keep the united states afloat.


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Elegant Tool: Single Sheet Cutters
It is always a good idea to keep a clip from newspaper for useful references, other than keeping the whole page. It could save you time to search what you really wanted to reference, and because the clip is smaller than whole page of newspaper, you can categorize the clips easily. Problem: It is not a quick job. You need to find a pair of scissors, lift up the page you want to cut, and try to trace and cut it along the section.
A better solution: There is a more elegant tool called Single Sheet Cutters which provides a quicker and safer way to cut out any newspaper or magazines. Draw it along the section to cut. Best of all, you don't need to lift up the top page, only top sheet is cut, underlying pages will stay:
If you're a committed newspaper clipper, you'll find that these Single-Sheet Cutters are quicker and safer than scissors (and they also slice tenacious shrinkwrap). The cutting element is a tiny speck of ceramic that barely sticks out beyond its housing. Draw it across a newspaper, and just the top sheet is cut.
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Island of Lemurs: Madagascar was made for IMAX and 3D, so watching it flat on a regular TV is like watching a regular movie on your laptop. Yet it's still eye-poppingly beautiful even in a less impressive format.
The 40-minute nature documentary profiles several species of the odd and diverse primates known as lemurs, who are found only on the large island of Madagascar after going extinct in the rest of Africa somewhere around 60 million years ago. Although narrator Morgan Freeman, Dr. Patricia Wright, and other primatologists discuss how cute and adorable the furry critters are, nobody points out that they're also strange and spooky, so let it be said here.


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WASHINGTON (AP) - Tax filing season will start on time this year despite a last-minute tax law passed by Congress, the IRS said Monday.
HONOLULU (AP) - Scammers who fraudulently advertise Hawaii rental properties have ripped off hundreds if not thousands of visitors to the state, according to Honolulu police, who say it's difficult to prosecute the con artists because most of them operate out of state.
WASHINGTON (AP) - Being uninsured in America will cost you more in 2015.
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Obama administration is on the verge of proposing long-awaited rules for commercial drone operations in U.S. skies, but key decisions on how much access to grant drones are likely to come from Congress next year.
ATLANTA (AP) - As the holiday shopping season winds down, FedEx, UPS and online retailers are using the last few days to try to avoid the problems that occurred last year when severe winter weather and a surge in late orders from shoppers caused delivery delays.
WASHINGTON (AP) - North Korea experienced sweeping and progressively worse Internet outages extending into Monday, with one computer expert saying the country's online access is "totally down." The White House and the State Department declined to say whether the U.S. government was responsible.
WASHINGTON (AP) - Alarmed by increasing encounters between small drones and manned aircraft, drone industry officials said Monday they are teaming up with the government and model aircraft hobbyists to launch a safety campaign.
CHICAGO (AP) - Doctors joke that if you're going to have a heart attack, the safest place would be at a big national gathering of heart specialists. But a new study suggests some older hospitalized heart patients may fare better when these doctors aren't around.
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Food and Drug Administration granted accelerated approval Monday to a new drug from Bristol-Myers Squibb to treat the deadliest form of skin cancer.
LIHUE, Hawaii (AP) - Cameras on drones have provided spectacular videos from Kauai, but residents are filing complaints when the unmanned aircraft fly too close.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Nordstrom has fired a sales associate who made a statement about killing police on his Facebook page.
IRVINE (AP) - California home prices cooled in November as lack of affordability and low inventories kept potential buyers on the sidelines, a research firm said Tuesday.
OAKLAND (AP) - A federal jury decided Tuesday that Apple didn't compete unfairly when it sold music players and songs with copy-protection software that was incompatible with rival devices and music from competing online stores.
NEW YORK (AP) - T-Mobile will now let customers carry over their unused cellular-data allotments.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Robin Williams' suicide seared into the world's collective mindset more than anything else this year, based on what people were searching for on Google.
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NEW YORK (AP) - Target has sliced its minimum online purchase to qualify for free shipping in half to $25 as the Internet becomes a bigger and bigger sales hub for retailers.
NEW YORK (AP) - CBS News on Monday released video from four stories it aired about the Falklands War in 1982, all part of a dispute involving Fox News Channel host Bill O'Reilly and his subsequent statements about covering the war.
WASHINGTON (AP) - America's biggest tobacco companies asked a federal appeals court Monday to set aside a series of court-ordered advertisements saying they lied about the dangers of smoking.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Aiming to undercut Apple's latest hit service, Google is teaming up with three major U.S. wireless carriers to prod more people into using its mobile wallet.
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) - A royal flush led to a king-sized payout for a New Jersey man playing cards online in the state's largest-ever Internet gambling jackpot.
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Did the National Security Agency plant spyware deep in the hard drives of thousands of computers used by foreign governments, banks and other surveillance targets around the world?
WEST SACRAMENTO - Raley's Supermarkets marked its 80th year on Sunday.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - How many remotes does it take to watch television, stream Netflix or record your favorite show on DVR?
WASHINGTON (AP) - The makers of a twice-rejected pill designed to boost sexual desire in women are hoping a yearlong lobbying push by politicians, women's groups and consumer advocates will move their much-debated drug onto the market.


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MSS 097, Item 119, Louis Billing travel diary, Special Collections, University of Delaware Library, Newark, Delaware.
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Louis Billings was a Philadelphia resident and veteran of the American Civil War (he joined the Union army in 1862). He had a wife, Nancy, and at least two children, Aggie and Lizzie.
This diary documents the 1865 journey of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, resident Louis Billing to England, where he visited relatives. He stayed with the family of his cousin William Mansell and other Billing relatives. Short trips were taken to other destinations in the United Kingdom and two months were spent in France. Billing commented on his relatives and ancestral history, described architecture and cathedrals, and made strongly patriotic comparisons between England and America. Billing served in the Union Army and mentioned English interest in the politics of abolition.
At the outset of his trip (August 24, 1865), Louis Billing noted that he was given 1,500 dollars by his father and was accompanied to New York by his wife Nancy and their children Aggie and Lizzie. In New York, he boarded the steamship
During his trips Billing took a special interest in cathedrals and architecture. His entries documenting these trips demonstrates a rather hostile stance towards Protestantism, stating that a particular church was "stolen from the faithful by Henry VIII" and that "Protestantism touches nothing which it does not defile." Throughout the diary Billing also makes strongly patriotic statements and asserted "Republican supremacy in power, wisdom, freedom and virtue." This was partially in response to his discovery that Americans had the reputation of being "rude, violent...ill-mannered braggarts." The English were also very interested in the policies of abolition in the United States. After learning that Billing was a northern citizen and a veteran of the American Civil War, one neighbor came to meet him. Billing thought that the man was a "furious, blind abolitionist" and wanted only to lecture him on the subject.
Other significant events described by Billing during his trips were the funeral of the British Prime Minister, Lord Palmerston, touring the South Kensington Museum (London), and seeing the Prince and Princess of Wales. In November 1865, a planned trip to continental Europe was postponed by cholera in France and Italy. Billing spent the rest of the year in Gloucester, continuing to take short trips to other English towns. After celebrating the Christmas and the new year in Gloucester with his family, Billing traveled to France in January. The last full entry in the diary is dated January 2-3 and his trip to France is not described. There is a short itinerary travels from the period of January 4 to February 17 (when he returns to Gloucester). There is no documentation of his return to America.
The entry for December 10, 1885, contains a poem written by Miss Carry Billings to Louis Billings' wife Nancy in honor of their marriage anniversary. The end of the diary also contains a recipe for a "Cough Mixture" dated February 24, 1866. This is followed by a list of letters featuring the date sent and to whom they were sent.
This leather bound diary has decorative gold tooling and a partially detached spine.
This item forms part of MSS 097 Diaries, Journals, and Ships' Logs collection.
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Washington: Observing that Indo-US ties are "on the rocks" after the arrest of Indian diplomat Devyani Khobragade, a noted American columnist has asked the Obama Administration to clear up the mess and offer a "sincere apology" to India at the earliest.
"The Obama administration has to clean up this mess with an official and sincere apology. It should be issued by (Secretary of State John) Kerry," wrote CNN Contributor and Radio Talk Show Host Ruben Navarrette.
A columnist with The Washington Post Writers Group, Navarrette wrote what Americans really need to kick off the New Year is a dramatic improvement in relations with India.
"In a world where it sometimes seems the US doesn't have many friends and allies, that south Asian country has become both. Most notably, since the attacks 11 September, 2001, India has been a partner in fighting the war on terror," he said.
"Now the relationship is on the rocks due to an ugly incident involving a 39-year-old deputy consul general of India who was taken into custody on 12 December by the US Marshals Service on charges she lied on the application for her nanny and housekeeper to legally work in the United States," Navarrette said.
In a statement, Indian-American attorney Ravi Batra said, "For now, every hour that Devyani's fate remains unsafe and unsettled, additional collateral damage is being exacted by fine tooth-combing retaliatory reciprocity. Only after Devyani is safe, can proportionality, the wiser sibling of reciprocity, be requested to take over."
Writing for Huffington Post, Suchitra Vijayan, lawyer, political analyst and writer, said that Khobragade represents some of the best things about the Indian mission - ambassadors of soft power.
The allegations against Khobragade, she said, could have been dealt with in a manner that fits her position as a diplomat.
"The basic mores of legal proportionality were violated. Handcuffing is only used when there are grounds for restraint and no reasonable grounds for the use of handcuffs was produced," she said.
"The theatrics of the arrest and the press conference that coincided are gross overreach of judicial authority and is unacceptable. It takes little to sully someone's reputation and years to build one.
"However this plays out, the Devyani we have all come to know will weather it with dignity. This episode has caused her and her family deep pain and I can only hope the semblance of normalcy returns soon," Vijayan wrote.
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Best note taking apps for Mac: Evernote, Simplenote, NoteSuite, and more!
From the living room to the lecture hall to the conference center, these are the best note taking apps for Mac!
Staying organized means having a good note taking app. Whether you're a student or professional, compulsive or casual, note taking apps can help you gather your thoughts, keep information synced across all your devices, or simply keep your memos handy for when you need them the most, there are a lot of great choices. Apple offers their own, built-in Notes App, but the Mac App Store has amazing alternatives as well. Which one is the best one for you? Here are my favorites!
Evernote handles not only free form notes like champ, but lets you upload images and make checklists too. It can then sync your data across platforms, including iPhone and iPad. As far as organization goes, Evernote lets you use both tags and separate notebooks. One of my favorite things about the Mac app is that if you click on a note to open it, you can also see related notes underneath it based on tags and keywords. In my experience they're always fairly accurate and make it even easier to find notes on a particular topic or subject.
If you want the best cross-platform support available paired with powerful organizational tools, Evernote fits the bill.
- Free - Download Now
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- iOS - Free - Download Now
Simplenote, as its name implies, is simple. You're basically given a blank canvas and the ability to create endless amounts of notes. There is support for search and tags though which makes finding things later on a relatively easy task. Simplenote has no frills and absolutely no learning curve. Sign up for an account in order to sync your notes with the Simplenote service and start typing. That's it.
For a barebones note taking app that gets out of the way, there's nothing better than Simplenote.
- Free - Download Now
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- iOS - Free - Download Now
NoteSuite is a free form note taking app that lets you take notes in rich text format, instead of just plain text. If you choose to let it, NoteSuite can also double as a task manager of sorts and handles alerts and reminders rather well. In my experience it isn't as powerful and flexible in that aspect as dedicated todo apps, but for an all-in-one solution, it'll work for most people. NoteSuite links in with iCloud too so all your notes are synced across iOS and OS X at all times.
If plain text isn't your thing or you want a complete todo and note taking solution, NoteSuite is a perfectly acceptable option.
- $4.99 - Download Now
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- iPad, $4.99 - Download Now
Notational Velocity
Notational Velocity is a simple note taking app for Mac that was created around taking super fast notes without ever having to take your hands off the keyboard. With shortcuts and ways to easily start new notes and link to others, it's one of the quickest options around, once you learn the shortcuts. It's plain, it's basic, and it'll be perfect for a lot of people.
If you want to hammer out notes as fast as humanly possible, no mouse required, get Notational Velocity.
- Free - Download Now
Even though Byword is technically a text editor more than it is a note taking app, I've used it for both in the past. If you're writing lengthy notes or outlines and know Markdown, Byword is an excellent option. Not to mention it tackles two birds with one stone since you can use it for general purpose writing as well. Byword not only contains iCloud support but integrates with services such as Wordpress and Evernote as well.
If your notes are long form or you want Markdown support without the frills, Byword is where its at.
- $9.99 - Download Now
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- iOS - $4.99 - Download Now
Your picks?
Have you settled on a note taking app for Mac? If so, let me know which one and why you picked it? Also, what's the most important feature to you when it comes to note taking apps? Let me know that too!
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Best note taking apps for Mac: Evernote, Simplenote, NoteSuite, and more!
I've been using this new app called Write for Mac lately. Looks really good to me, still in beta but works well. http://writeapp.net/mac/
Can't believe you missed out Ulysses 3. That is also very nice but but costly.
I tried to stay with note taking apps. Mi did a text editor roundup a few weeks ago and it's on here. Byword is a stretch already and I only included it because it ties in nicely with Evernote. Ulysses is on my text editor roundup. Byword is simple to use and has no learning curve. Text editor apps like BBEdit and Ulysses aren't general purpose note taking apps by any means.
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FYI - has to be accessed by a Mac or desktop computer. iPhone and iPad will just take you to apple.com.
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On the Mac, I'm partial to nvAlt instead of Notational Velocity, although I haven't tried the latter in about a year (don't know if there have been updates). Also use Byword, but nvAlt saving to a folder on Dropbox works best for me. I've also been known to use BBEdit even though it's overkill.
I use Evernote, because it just works for me. Some may not like it, but the free version just works. I do not need premium features, and the yearly fee. I never go over my GB pre month. I like being able to name different notebooks, and easily clip from the web. I do miss the templates that one note had, but I can deal with it. Evernote use to have templates, but got rid of them way back. I also like the feature where you can use any computer to access Evernote.
I love and hate Evernote. It's good for long articles/notes and adding rich text/images, but way too fat and slow for quick notes. I tried Write 2 (by Daniel V.W.), but still a bit too heavy for quick notes and I don't like the Dropbox syncing. I used to use PlainText (by Hog Bay) but started having sync problems so I recently switched back to Apple's native Notes app. Now that it supports folders it's much better, but I don't like how it sorts notes by edit date as opposed to alphabetical. Most important features in a note app for me: (1) fast to open & use, without complex options, and (2) iCloud syncing, which is better than Dropbox.
I use Day One on iOS, because I usually journal when I have a few spare moments between other things, often when I don't have my Mac. How do you like it on the Mac?
I love it on both. Seems a little more "mature" on iOS, not sure why. Syncs across platforms flawlessly and now incorporates lots of metadata options that are all user-configurable.
Day One works great on the Mac and they keep updating it and improving it's features. It also syncs flawlessly with the iOS app, now you can also attach location and weather to your notes.
One important thing I still complain of (as well as many users) is the fact that even though the app can be locked down, the actual .txt entries stored in the day one folder are neither protected nor encrypted, meaning that anyone with a text reader/editor can access and read your entries, so that kinna defeats the purpose of having "password protection" in the first place. They figure that out, and the app gets even better IMHO.
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I use a mix of Evernote and Apple Notes.
I find that Notes is great for snippets, basic reference notes, quick notes, simple lists and wish lists, drafting out my thoughts and keeping basic project notes. It's quick to get notes into it, quick to search and built into every apple device. Basically, for anything that just needs one note for the topic.
I use Evernote whenever I need to keep multiple notes on a topic. An example is a conference- meeting multiple vendors and new/ old contacts, session notes, etc. The photo features are awesome for walking the floor and taking session slides- the built-in editing saves me a ton of time. A lot of projects also require their own notebook and go into Evernote.
Why not just create a "Misc Notes" notebook in Evernote? I've tried, and for whatever reason I feel pulled to using Notes for those sorts of notes. I think it's the simplicity of it.
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EverNote is fine. Spring Pad is also good. I like OneNote by Microsoft. For some reason it is the one note taking app that I continue to keep coming back to. It is a very clean and straight forward app.
I am surprised that no one mentioned Pages when it comes to note taking. What I like to do is make a folder called notes and use a note type template in that folder and only use it to take various notes. With Pages pretty much being the same on iOS and Mac makes it a no brainer for me at least. There are so many options out there it will make your head spin.
EverMemo is much faster and easier to open than Evernote, but saves everything to Evernote. It's really the best of both worlds - opens instantly and ready for note taking. Plus, it's free. One great app.
For Mac note taking I have tried NoteSuite, iCloud Notes, Devonthink Pro, Scrivener, Evernote, Ulysses III, Simplenote, Taskpaper, and a few others; but nothing beats Notebooks 7 for me. It handles plain text, markdown and rich text notes, syncs with Dropbox *and* provides integrated task extraction from notes and task management. And, oh, it's cross-platform: available in (and syncs nicely across) iPhone and iPad versions as well.
I have to say my favorite note taking app is NoteSuite. The iPad and iMac versions complement each other well. But to get the full impact of the app, you really need to use both.
I'm liking Apple Notes, being able to attach files is great, something lacking from most apps I've found. I really want to be able to have more control of my files though, past syncs like in DB. Evernote is still a workhorse for me, even though I can't access files if Evernote is down, which sucks. And I'm always worries Evernote will one day shut down for good and I'll be stuck without any of my notes since they are only readable by Evernote.
Another cool thing about Apple's Notes, is that I can sync them with my Gmail account if I want. I'm not sure I want this though. As an artist, some of my ideas and projects can be NSFW and not sure I want the government scrolling through them and wondering about me.
If iCloud can go a few months without going down, I might switch over for notes for good. And also if they got a web clipper, that would be epic.
I've been using this new app called Write for Mac lately. Looks really good to me, still in beta but works well. http://writeapp.net/mac/
Why did you forget Google Keep? It's multi platform with sync, and free. For private use it's pretty good.
Or you use the Apple notes app, it's just not multi platform.
I've settled on Evernote and simple note. One reason is the app is available on all platforms. Each of these are unique but gets the job done. I also use the apple notes as well. I prefer apps that are available for all my devices and laptops.
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I have used all of these (and more) in the article but I keep coming back to nvALT for simple note taking activities. It is just so simple and easy and, if configured correctly, it can sync between macs using Dropbox. Once I have the notes in nvALT I can go anywhere (especially since I write in markdown). I have employed the file naming recommended by Merlin Mann where you put a "tag" of sorts into the file name and then a date and/or brief description. Also this is searchable using Spotlight both the note filename and the contents which makes it very easy to locate the note/contents you are looking for. On my iOS devices I use Notesy which is very similar to nvALT, however, the one downside currently is that it does not work with Textexpander Touch (developer has stated this is in the works), so I have to use drafts then export over to Notesy via a URL scheme.
I use Simple Note. Use to use Native note App, it's too ugly now. Plus simple note has a password protect and it's just simple.
I hope this is just the beginning for more coverage of Evernote alternatives. I wouldn't be the first one to mention that Evernnote has a horrid UI, UX and even worse code. Evernote has a certain core of superusers that won't give it up no matter how bad it is. So it's nice for people looking to switch to have some nice alternatives.
I started using NoteSuite last year just after it came out for Mac and iPad. It was so refreshing to use a nice clean user friendly interface. I also don't have some dopey BS Market cluttering up my workspace. As soon as NoteSuite comes out with an iPhone version, Evernote is gone. I frankly don't need every feature under the sun to be productive. One of the nicest features of NoteSuite on the iPad is being to create new folders right on the iPad. What a concept!!! I'm in real estate and I don't want to have to wait to get in front of a Mac to make a new folder.
I tried SpringPad last year but it just didn't hod for me. Maybe I'll take another look.
I use Evernote for my grad school note taking and it works quite well. Allows me to take notes and organize them by class, and I can include PDFs for readings for class and they then become searchable. Proved to be quite helpful when trying to go back and write papers.
I have also been very interested in trying NoteBook by Circus Ponies Software, but with a $60 pricetag, pretty hard to justify the purchase. If anyone else has used it though I would definitely be interested in hearing feedback.
I'm a college student as well and have spent WAY too much time & $$ trying 100,000 different note apps, including NoteBook by Circus Ponies. I've had it for about 2 weeks, and mostly it just frustrates the hell out of me. Much too large of a learning curve for what, IMO, ought to be incredibly intuitive. For example, left & right arrow keys don't navigate between outline items, they flip the pages; can you swipe left & right for page flips? negative. It still seems like it could be great, and I really want to love it... but i'm not sure I'm patient enough to get that far. But in case it helps, if you go to their website instead of the app store, you can download their trial version for free for 30 days. Also, when you do it this way, they'll email you a 30% off coupon for the full version -- but buyer beware, this is how they hooked me :)
An added benefit of SimpleNote is that it syncs with Scrivener. Syncing with SimpleNote is built into Scrivener. Until the iOS version of Scrivener comes out, SimpleNote is how I write when I'm away from my Mac.
I've tried and tried to love Evernote, but I can't. I'm giving NoteSuite a shot now. I also agree that Pages is a viable alternative.
I'm partial to NoteSuite although the lack of an iPhone version limits its utility for me especially in the area of todos and spur-of-the-moment note-taking. Having said that, the built in web-clipping in the Mac version is very helpful for things that I do. The recording feature that syncs with what is being typed is useful for reviewing notes taking during meetings. There are other apps that sync recording with typing but given the rich text and drawing features make NoteSuite a very convenient package for me.
The best one for me is Beesy. I found it on the evernote appcenter. Actually it is more of an all-in-one app which, along with note taking, provides all the features you need to manage your meetings, tasks, projects, teams, etc.. In fact every features are based on smart note taking and linked between themselves. From your notes you set your to-do lists, actions to take, people to contacts, etc. in a very easy way. It is very useful ! I recommend it if you're into business (for managers always on the run like me for example).
Here you can find it: http://www.beesapps.com/beesy-taking-note-ipad/
What about Notes? I tried to use Evernote, but always failed. To me, it was completely useless. Still, so many people said so many good things about it, that I tried many times. Unfortunately, the results were always the same: I couldn't even copy and paste a simple note with it. Finally, I gave up and trashed it. Later, I stumbled across "Notes," which was already in my iMac. I've used it ever since with no problems and no "learning curve. It's great. It does everything I ever wanted.